Tokyo: Love Begins with Controlling the Rich Girl

And her heart, like the temperature on her face, remained unchanged.

Shimada Sho glanced around. There was no one else in the living room, and he couldn't hear any noise from upstairs or downstairs.

"Where are your father and stepmother Xiao?" Shimada Sho asked inwardly.

Yuki Ayase was silent for a moment before speaking: "I'm going out."

Is it really that obvious in Chapter 18?

The Ayase Yuki residence was quiet.

On the table was a cup of tea that had gone cold, and next to it was a fruit plate with neatly cut fruit, but none of it had been touched.

The TV on the wall was off, and the window was only slightly ajar, making the entire living room very quiet.

In such an environment, coupled with Ayase Yuki's monotone voice when answering the question about where her family had gone, it gave people a very lonely feeling.

Shimada Sho's gaze swept across the empty living room as he asked, "Where did you go?"

"Hakone, let's go to the hot springs." Yuki Ayase replied calmly and briefly.

Upon hearing this, Shimada Sho frowned.

He recalled the conversation he had overheard when he first logged in.

At that time, the mother and daughter, as well as Yuki Ayase's father, had prepared gifts for her in advance.

He said they were going out together this Saturday and he wouldn't be able to celebrate her birthday.

Today is Saturday.

Therefore, Yuki Ayase's answer also contained another layer of meaning.

It was Ayase Seiichiro who took his new wife and daughter on a trip, leaving his daughter alone at home.

Shimada Sho looked down at his still-on phone.

The message to cancel the date edited above hasn't been sent out yet.

But she probably already had a decision in her heart.

The father abandoned himself and turned to embrace the so-called family members who had suddenly intruded.

They even stopped caring about my birthday because of this; this neglect is heartbreaking.

No one could possibly be in the mood to think about dating anymore.

"What were you planning to do today?" Shimada Sho asked, looking up.

"sleep."

"and then?"

"Then wait until today is over."

Shimada Sho: "..."

Yes.

Yuki was still grieving the neglect she felt from her father.

Even someone as shrewd as her couldn't convince herself to approach the matter with a calm mind.

She was in a bad mood.

Looking down again, Shimada Sho glanced at the message he was typing in the chat box and tapped it lightly with his finger.

The already typed sentences were deleted word by word.

"What are you doing?" Ayase Yuki noticed and asked warily.

Shimada Sho replied casually, "You've got nothing to do, so you're going on a date. I'll ask him out for you."

As he spoke, Shimada Sho typed rapidly.

[Xiang is Wings: Xiang-kun, don't forget your date this afternoon~]

"I don't need your opinion!"

"you need to."

Shimada Sho completely ignored Ayase Yuki's opinion and typed the complete message in the chat box.

After clicking send, he confidently said, "If you didn't need it, you would have sent this message already."

As they were talking, the message was sent out without delay and displayed the word "unread".

“You—!” Ayase Yuki’s voice suddenly rose.

Shimada Sho didn't seem to care. "Is it my fault for acting on my own? Should I add a note now saying it was sent by mistake, that someone else sent the message? That way you can sit on the sofa all day by yourself."

The voice in my mind fell silent.

After a long silence, the voice rang out again through gritted teeth, "...Why are you always like this?"

"how?"

"Making decisions for others without authorization."

"Maybe it's because I like reading romance comics, so I want to see you and him have some kind of story?"

Shimada Sho, spouting nonsense, leisurely got up and went upstairs.

He was going to pick out an outfit for Yuki Ayase.

As they went up the stairs, Shimada Sho asked again, "I'm not mistaken, you like him, right?"

"It has nothing to do with you."

"Then let's go find him."

"..."

"You're going to stay home all by yourself just because your family isn't there for your birthday?" Shimada Sho didn't give her a chance to refuse. "It's your father's business what he chooses. It would be incredibly foolish for you to lock yourself away because of his choice."

Yuki Ayase remained silent.

He continued, "Wanting to be happy is simple. Just follow your heart. Whether you do it or not is up to you."

After a long silence, Ayase Yuki's voice rang out again: "...You're really annoying."

"Ok, I know."

[Remaining time for this connection: 00:01:15]

Shimada Sho glanced at the system interface: "I'm leaving. It's up to you."

"……Um."

After glancing one last time at the wardrobe in front of him, Shimada Sho logged out.

[Log out of the character "Yuki Ayase"?]

"Yes."

……

When his consciousness returned to his body, the sunlight streaming through the window shone directly on Shimada Sho's face.

He picked up his phone and saw a red dot next to Yuki Ayase's profile picture on LINE.

[Xiang is Wings: Xiang-kun, don't forget your date this afternoon~]

This is a message he sent using Ayase Yuki's phone; all you need to do now is reply.

He immediately opened the input method and typed:

[Conquer Tokyo Academy: When and where will we meet?]

He has already made the choice for Yuki Ayase, and he believes she will not refuse.

Sure enough, after waiting a while, a reply arrived:

[Xiang is Wings: The usual place, where we met last time, see you at 2 PM /smile.]

Seeing the smiling expression behind him, Shimada Sho's lips curled into a smile.

It would be great if we could meet up.

I didn't have any other thoughts, I just didn't want to see her upset because of family matters.

Since I had some free time and a date I'd already arranged, I decided to make her happy.

He exited the chat window with Yuki Ayase and opened Chizuru Amami's window.

This girl is still thinking about that damned "hypnotic command".

I need to deal with her too.

We can't let her think the necklace was ineffective just because of this one thing.

If I take it off, I won't be able to suppress my twisted personality.

He cleared his throat, pressed the voice message button, and recorded a message: "Chizuru, I've been a bit busy lately and haven't had time to send messages. How are you?"

As the person being hypnotized, I was instructed to contact her proactively.

The attitude must be proactive enough.

Within seconds of sending his voice message, a series of replies popped up on the screen:

[It's my idol! ! Shop assistant, you finally replied to me!]

[It's my idol! I'm so happy!]

[He's my idol: I thought the shop assistant didn't want to talk to me anymore /crying]

Shimada Sho: "..."

This girl is just like that.

Once the messages are sent, they can't be stopped.

He could only send another voice message to brush it off, "What are you saying, Chizuru? I just have something to do right now, let's talk later."

Immediately after I sent it, my phone started sending more messages.

But Shimada Sho stopped watching.

This girl never stops talking once she starts, so let's just leave her hanging for now.

He has more important things to do right now.

Seeing that it was already past one o'clock, he changed into a clean light gray short-sleeved shirt, turned around and went out.

Aunt Shimahana and Hoshino Yuzuki were hanging clothes to dry in the yard. When they saw him come out, Aunt Shimahana looked up and asked, "Xiao Xiang, are you going out?"

"Yes, I made plans with a friend."

Are you coming home for dinner?

"They probably won't reply."

"Then be careful." Shimahana Runa didn't ask any more questions, only gently reminding her.

Hoshino Yuuki, on the other hand, was pouting, looking quite unhappy.

However, Shimada Sho didn't notice.

After saying goodbye to Aunt Daohua, he walked out of the courtyard and headed towards the station along the street.

As temperatures rise in Tokyo in June, pedestrians on the street are wearing light jackets.

Shimada Sho went to the gift shop first and prepared some things.

After leaving, I took a car to head towards Shinjuku.

The last time we went on a date was in front of that flower shop.

When Shimada Sho arrived, Ayase Yuki had not yet arrived.

He leaned against the railing at the entrance of the flower shop and waited for a while. About five minutes later, a figure emerged from the street corner.

Yuki Ayase wore a light beige dress today, with the hemline below her knees, revealing a section of her fair calves. She wore transparent sandals, showing off her fair feet and pink toes painted with green nail polish.

Her makeup was very light, almost invisible.

Consequently, the darker color around her eyes became even more noticeable.